Volunteers search for Henry, wait for tips on missing rescue dog

Pets Are Worth Saving volunteer Edith Campbell of Flint pets pit bull rescue Henry at the PAWS Animal Rescue in Clayton Township in this Flint Journal file photo. The rescued dog is the subject of a search in the Grand Blanc Township area after escaping a foster home last week.

GRAND BLANC TWP., MI -- Volunteers are searching and looking for help in finding Henry, a pit bull mix with a torn muscle, kidney problems and a history of neglect and abuse.

A rescue dog from Pets Are Worth Saving, Henry escaped from a foster home in the area of Hill and Genesee roads on Friday after months of work aimed at preparing him for adoption.

The dog was featured in a photo gallery in The Flint Journal in April.

"We have spotted him numerous times but not been able to get him," said Glenda Beatty, director of PAWS, which took in the dog, estimated to be 7 years old, in the spring and has been working with him since.

Beatty said searchers are desperate to find Henry, who showed signs of having been used for dog fighting, because of the efforts to nurse him back to health so far and the work invested in catching him initially after the dog was found living in an abandoned house in Flint.

"He was in rough shape, and he still is," Beatty said. "He's in mild kidney failure and has a torn ACL so he is limping quite badly."

"He's wonderful for (having been) out on the street," she said. "He's the sweetest boy."

PAWS is asking anyone who spots Henry to call 810-247-0356 or 810-624-7921.